May
7th
Looking for cheap but beautiful sugar flowers to dress up your cakes?
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
I've found another amazing website and at this one you can purchase sugar flowers for as little as 1¢ each that you can use to decorate your diy cakes or cupcakes. They aren't your everyday sugar flowers, these sugar flowers look exactly like the real thing. Don't believe me? Look at the examples I've posted for you!
You can get different types of flowers in varying sizes to help you transform your DIY cupcakes or cakes into masterpieces. They are quite beautiful too and as I've mentioned earlier, very affordable as well. I've only added four for you but there are so many to choose from at Wholesale Sugar Flowers. So be sure to visit them first if you are thinking of adding sugar flowers to any of your baked goods.
Apr
30th
Have you ever heard of Cupcake Caps?
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
I came across these Cupcake Caps following a link on Twitter
just yesterday and I am pleasantly surprised. They are amazing
and perfect for the DIY and small budget brides who worry about
piping the frosting on their wedding cupcakes. You can buy them
for $12.00 per set of 12 and the best part is that they come in
pearl white, pink, peach, yellow, lavender, mint green,
aqua and soft grey.
You can even get some custom made just for you.
Here are just four of the patterns you get to choose from and personally, I love the sparkle design.
Here are just four of the patterns you get to choose from and personally, I love the sparkle design.
Double Heart
Monogram
Swirls Fleur de Lis
Sparkle
So if you want to buy a set of these for your wedding, bridal
shower or any upcoming event, you can find them HERE at
cupcakecaps.com!
Feb
28th
An Affordable, Delicious Wedding Cake Alternative: The Donut Tree
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
If you are a bride who is looking coloring outside the lines,
then you can chose to have a Donut Tower or Donut Tree at your
wedding instead of a wedding cake. A Donut Tree is a very
affordable option. Since a box of 12 donuts is around $5.00 at
most grocery stores, for a tower with 120 donuts and you'll spend
$50.00!
Even considering the price of the stand, you'll still spend $100 or much less for your wedding cake alternative and as you can see in the photos, they can be just as pretty too!
I added a list of stands, below, that you can purchase online but tiered stands are available at many party stores, at least in my area, for less than $50.
You can find this one for $45.95 HERE at Amazon.com!
This one you can get HERE at Amazon.com for $24.52.
Even considering the price of the stand, you'll still spend $100 or much less for your wedding cake alternative and as you can see in the photos, they can be just as pretty too!
I added a list of stands, below, that you can purchase online but tiered stands are available at many party stores, at least in my area, for less than $50.
You can find this one for $45.95 HERE at Amazon.com!
This one you can get HERE at Amazon.com for $24.52.
Oct
4th
Pumpkin Spice and Pecan Cake Recipe
By Carlise (Carla) ShepperdLooking a new flavor for your Fall Wedding cupcakes, well I got a wonderful one for you. It's a pumpkin spice and pecan recipe that just spells F.A.LL. It will definitely be a pleasant and unexpected bite for your wedding guests and if that's what you want, then give this recipe a try.
Ingredients
- 1 box(es) chocolate cake mix (such as Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Devil's Food Mix)
- 2 teaspoon(s) pumpkin-pie spice
- 2/3 cup(s) pumpkin
- 1/4 cup(s) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup(s) finely ground pecans
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly butter and flour I3 round cake pans -- 6, 8, and 10 inches. (If making the tiered cake, plan also to double the recipe.) Take care to cover all crevices and corners.
- Place all of the ingredients plus 3/4 cup water in a large mixing bowl and beat, using a mixer set on medium-high speed, until batter is smooth.
- Fill the cake pan(s), divide batter evenly.) Bake until a skewer inserted into the center tests clean -- about 35 minutes for the pumpkin cakes; 25 minutes for the 6-inch, 30 minutes for the 8-inch, and 35 minutes for the 10-inch layers of the tiered cake. Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting or decorating.
Sep
3rd
DIY- Rose Basket Cupcake
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
Looking for a creative way too jazz up the cupcakes for your wedding table dispaly! This Rose Basket Cupcake is cute and even if you take just a few design elements from it, you can create a Wedding Cupcake that is just as eye-catching.
Ingredients:
1 Cupcake
Chocolate frosting
Green-tinted coconut
5 candy or frosting roses
3 strands red whip licorice
3 strands red whip licorice
1. Unwrap the cupcake and frost in a basket-weave pattern using a basket-weave tip, as in the inset photo. (An easier alternative is simply to pipe a decorative edge around the top of the cupcake.)
2. Add the coconut grass and the candy roses. Braid the licorice for a decorative handle.
3. You can also make your own roses with a rose tip and pink frosting.
You can do find this recipe online at familyfun.com!
Aug
23rd
Wedding Cakes that the average Bride can make herself to save money.
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
It's no secret that I am all for brides with a small budget making their own cakes or having a trusted relative to do it for them. I have personally met women who have done it just by watching cake related shows like Ace of Cakes on T.V. on a regular basis. So you can do it too and here are a few to inspire you.
Jul
26th
DIY Lemon Cake with Butter-Cream Icing
By Carlise (Carla) ShepperdSo many wedding cakes these days are made with fondant which may not taste the best but can be decorated much easier. If you want a traditional wedding cake then a butter-cream cake is a much cheaper alternative to a fondant cake, even if you were to do it yourself.
The YouTube video above is perfect of any of small budget bride who want to take on the task of making their own wedding cake. The video goes through step-by-step from beginning to end teaching just how to bake a lemon wedding cake and frost it with butter-cream icing.
Jul
9th
CheeseCake - Wedding Cake Alternative
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
Love cheesecake? Why not serve it at your wedding. Here are a few
photos on how you can present them and recipes below so you can
DIY.
photos courtesy of the www.cheesecake.co.uk
I've added two recipes for you below!
photos courtesy of the www.cheesecake.co.uk
I've added two recipes for you below!
Jun
9th
A $12.00 Wedding Cake?
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
The except below is from an article written about a budget bride and her husband who held a wedding valued at $20,000 but the actual money this couple spent was only $6,000.
I just had to share this cake idea since the cost to them was only $12.00.
Who knew you could rent a cake?
"I was able to find a vendor who literally makes a Styrofoam replica of a cake decorated with fondant and regular icing," says Tavon. "I actually sent her some ribbon and lace and she put it on herself."
"There's a little slot in the back," she explained. "So we were able to have pictures of us cutting into 'our cake.' "
The staff then whisked the fake cake out of sight and served the guests $40 worth of sheet cake from the supermarket.Cost? $12, compared with $600 for an actual wedding cake.
But what about saving the top layer for their first anniversary? The bride just laughs it off.
"I would have eaten that cake
a long time ago."
courtesy
abc.news.go.com
Feb
14th
How Cupcake Cuddlers can save you money!
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
The cupcakes in the photo above are in a custom cupcake holder called a Cupcake Cuddler. I came across this site in my research and fell in love with the idea of having these cute creations accenting my cupcakes to give them an elegant, unique look. However, I bet you are wondering just how they can save you money?
Instead of having a traditional wedding cake, how about having a cupcake wedding cake instead. You can bake your own cupcakes at home, slip each one into a Cupcake Cuddler and you're set. You can get a 5 tiered cupcake stand for $29.99 HERE at efavormart.com and you don't have to worry about wedding favors since your guest could eat the cupcake there or take it home in the cute Cupcake Cuddler. So that will be another thing you cross your list.
The Cuddlers cost $150.00 for 100. The stand $29.99 and the ingredients may be another 30 for 100 cupcakes. Som the total cost would be around $210 for an elegantly decorated cupcake wedding cake which doubles as wedding favors.
So visit www.CupcakeCuddlers.com today!!
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